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阅读理解     Every people has their own way of saying things, their own special expressions. Many everyday
American expressions are based on colors.
     Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about
something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting
peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery taste. Fast loud
music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called
Dixieland jazz.
     Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.
The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes
from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
     Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music.
Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood
Indigo-about the deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song:"You aren"t blue till you"ve had that
Mood Indigo. "Someone who is blue is very sad.
     The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who
has a sick feeling stomach may say she feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very
sick from high waves may look very green.
     Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like
a fast new car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because
a friend has more dollars or greenbacks. Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the
back side of the paper money.
     The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong
as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day. A blacklist is illegal now.
But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to
unpopular organizations. 1. If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping, you may call it__________. A. a white day
B. a black day
C. a red day
D. a green day2. Suppose Mr. Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink, this means
all his children are________. A. lucky and wealthy
B. gentle and modest
C. fit and healthy
D. creative and energetic3. When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband, Jane was really__________. A. red hot
B. green
C. blue
D. black4. In the following paragraph, the writer might tell the readers something about__________. A. unpopular organizations in the world
B. people"s response towards a black day
C. the influence of the traditional blues
D. more words about a color, such as brown

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阅读理解     Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are when we grow up? Remember the
TV program Seven Up? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1973. We first meet
them as wide-eyed seven-year-olds and catch up with them at seven-year intervals:nervous
14-year-olds, serious 21-year-olds and then grown-ups.
     Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the
way in which the children"s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at
seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he
grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Niki? She says, "I would like to find out about the moon.
"And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft-spoken Bruce says he wants to help
"poor children" and ends up teaching in India.
     But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting
than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come
that made the program so interesting. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do
when they grew up? Are children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television or
by what their teachers say? How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors,
including Steven Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives.
Dr. Margaret McAllister, who has done a lot of research in this area, thinks that the major factors are
parents, friends and their wider society. 1. What does the text mainly discuss?A. New ways to make a TV program interesting.
B. The importance of TV programs to children.
C. Different ways to make childhood dreams come true.
D. The influence of childhood experience on future lives. 2. What does the underlined word "influenced" mean in the last paragraph?A. Impressed.
B. Improved.
C. Affected.
D. Attracted. 3. What are the examples in Paragraph 2 meant to show?A. Many people"s childhood hopes are related to their future jobs.
B. There are many poor children in India who need help.
C. Children have different dreams about their future.
D. A lot of people are very sad in their childhood. 4. Spielberg"s story is meant to show that __________. A. going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society
B. a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown－up
C. parents and friends can help a child grow up properly
D. films have more influence on a child than teachers do

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     Homebuyers nationwide are watching housing prices going up, up, and up. "How high can they go?"
Is the question on everyone"s lips. "As long as interest rates stay around 5 percent, nothing might be able
to prevent housing prices going up," said one house seller in Santa Monica, California.
     "It"s crazy," said Tim, who is looking for a house near the beach. "In 1993, I bought my first place,
a two－bedroom flat in Venice, for$70,000. My friends thought then that I was overpaying. Five years
later, I had to move. I sold it for $ 230,000, which was a nice profit. Last year, while visiting friends
here, I saw in the local paper that the exact same flat was for sale for $ 510,000!"
     It is a seller"s market. Homebuyers feel like they have to offer at least 10 percent more than the
asking price. Donna, a new owner of a one－bedroom flat on Venice Beach, said, "That"s what I did.
I told the owner that whatever anyone offers you, I"ll give you $ 20,000 more under the table, so you
don"t have to pay your house seller any of it. I was tired of negotiating with the house sellers."
     Tim says he hopes he doesn"t get that desperate. "Whether you decide to buy or not, you still feel
like you made the wrong decision. If you buy, you feel like you overpaid. If you don"t buy, you want to
kick yourself for passing up a great opportunity."
     Everyone says the bubble(气泡)has to burst sometime, but everyone hopes it will burst the day after
they sell their house. Even government officials have no idea what the future will bring. "All we can say is
that, clearly, these things go in regular cycles," said the state director of housing. "What goes up must
come down. But, as we all know, housing prices always stay up a little higher than they go down
(被接受). So you can"t lose over the long run. Twenty years down the road, your house is always
worth more than you paid for it."1. If Tim had sold his flat last year, he could have earned __________. A. $ 510,000
B. $ 440,000
C. $ 280,000
D. $ 160,0002. Donna paid another $ 20,000 to the owner secretly because __________. A. she felt like offering 10% more
B. secret money made low price
C. the owner asked for the money
D. she was bored with bargaining3. We can infer from Tim"s words in Paragraph 4 that __________. A. homebuyers feel hesitate facing rising house prices
B. buying a house is always a great opportunity
C. homebuyers never make the right decision
D. both sellers and buyers become desperate4. Which of the following is TRUE about the housing bubble?A. It is something everyone hates to see.
B. Only experts know when it will burst.
C. It is unavoidable in the regular circles.
D. It usually stays for about twenty years.

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阅读理解.     Few people would question the value of taking part in sports for young people.With proper training,
supervision, protective equipment and techniques, and a proper emphasis on winning, sports can develop
a healthy body and spirit and a life－long interest in being active and fit.Without such measures, childhood
sports can lead to injuries and even paralysis or death.
     Even in the best conditions, no activity can be risk－free.But most serious hazards are preventable.
Cyclists and football players can reduce their risks by wearing helmets;hockey players by wearing masks ；basketball and tennis players by wearing eye guards；baseball players by wearing batting helmets.
   Besides,risks to individual players can often be found, and thus prevented, through a properly performed
medical exam before a child plays.For accidents that may not be preventable, having an emergency plan
and first－aid equipment,and someone trained to use the equipment, can be lifesaving.
    Still,each year, according to the American College of Sports Medicine, more than 775,000 children
under 14 are treated in emergency rooms for sports injuries, nearly half of them preventable.An estimated
300,000 athletes experience exercise－related head illnesses each year, and almost all of them should have
been avoided.
     Further,from half to three－fourths of sports－related concussions(脑震荡) are never even diagnosed
;the injured are often sent back to play too soon and put at risk of another more serious brain－damaging
concussion.To help reduce these risks, the National Center for Sports Safety, with the National Athletic
Trainers"Association, offers a three－hour online safety course for coaches for $ 28 at www.SportsSafety.org.1．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．All the accidents can be prevented.
B．All the accidents cannot be prevented.
C．Lives can be saved so long as there is proper equipment.
D．Lives cannot be saved even if there is proper equipment.2．What does the underlined word "hazards"(in Paragraph 2) mean?A．Mistakes.
B．Diseases.
C．Dangers.
D．Situations.3．It is implied in the passage that__________.A．prevention of injuries is not paid enough attention to
B．children under 14 are more easily hurt in sports
C．most head illnesses are related with exercise
D．none of the head illnesses should have happened4．What can coaches mainly learn from the online safety course?A．How to cure brain－damaging concussion.
B．How to diagnose brain－damaging concussion.
C．How to predict the possibility of brain damage.
D．How to deal with the injured properly.

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阅读理解.   Every people has their own way of saying things,their own special expressions.Many everyday American
expressions are based on colors.
   Red is a hot color.Americans often use it to express heat.They may say they are red hot about something
unfair.When they are red hot they are very angry about something.The small hot tasting peppers found in
many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery(炽热的,暴躁的) taste.Fast loud
music is popular with many people.They may say the music is red hot,especially the kind called Dixieland
jazz.
   Pink is a lighter kind of red.People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.The
expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century. It probably comes from the
fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
   Blue is a cool color.The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music.Blues
is slow,sad and soulful.Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded a famous song-Mood Indigo-about the
deep blue color, indigo. In the words of the song: "You aren"t blue till you"ve had that Mood Indigo.
"Someone who is blue is very sad.
   The color green is natural for trees and grass.But it is an unnatural color for humans.A person who has a
sick feeling in stomach may say she feels a little green.A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from
high waves may look very green.
   Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has,like a fast
new car.That person may say he is green with envy.Some people are green with envy because a friend has
more dollars or greenbacks.Dollars are called greenbacks because that is the color of the back side of the
paper money.
   The color black is used often in expressions.People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a
black day.The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.A blacklist is illegal now.But at one
time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular
organizations.1. If you had your wallet stolen while doing some shopping,you may call it ________.A．a white day
B．a black day
C．a red day
D．a green day2. Suppose Mr.Brown says he is very happy because his three children are all in the pink,this means all his
children are ________.A．lucky and wealthy
B．gentle and modest
C．fit and healthy
D．creative and energetic3. When she got home and found nothing had been done by her husband,Jane was really ________.A．red hot
B．green
C．blue
D．black4. In the following paragraph,the writer might tell the reader something about  ________.A. unpopular organizations in the world
B．people"s response towards a black day
C．the influence of the traditional blues
D．more words about a color,such as brown

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阅读理解     A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television,the more likely they are to develop
depression(抑郁) as young adults.But the extent to which TV may be to blame is a question that the
study leaves unanswered.
     The researchers used a national longterm survey of adolescent health to investigate the relationship
between media use and depression.They based their findings on more than 4,000 adolescents who were
not depressed when the survey began in 1995.
     As part of the survey,the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they
watched daily.They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio.
Media use totaled an average of 5 and onehalf hours a day.More than 2 hours of that was spent
watching TV.
     7 years later,in 2002,more than 7 percent of the young people had signs of depression.The average
age at that time was 21.
Brian Primack at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School was the lead author of the new study.He
says every extra hour of television meant an 8 percent increase in the chances of developing signs of
depression.
     The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies,
video games or radio.But the study did find that young men were more likely than young women to
develop depression given the same amount of media use.
     Doctor Primack says the study did not explore why watching TV causes depression.But one
possibility,he says,is that it may take time away from activities that could help prevent depression,like
sports and socializing.It might also interfere with sleep,he says,and that could have an influence.
     The study was just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
     In December,the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to
happy lives.Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as
happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people.The study found that happy people are
more likely to be socially active,to read,to attend religious services and to vote.

1. According to the first paragraph,what remains unsolved in the new study?
A. Who is more likely to be influenced by TV.
B. How much teenagers are depressed by TV.
C. Whether teenagers are influenced by TV.
D. What should be done to help the teenagers.

2. More than 4,000 adolescents were chosen as the subjects of the study because they ______.
A. were free from depression
B. were keen on using the media
C. attached much importance to their health
D. could afford the time for the long－term survey

3. What can be inferred from the seventh paragraph?
A. Depression is not related to the use of other media than TV.
B. Every extra hour of media use increases the chance of depression.
C. Longer use of media other than TV doesn"t increase the chance of depression.
D. The influence of movies,video games and radio on depression varies respectively.

4. In the last sentence of the eighth paragraph,"It"refers to ______.
A. depression
B. watching TV
C. lack of activities
D. the result of the study

5. The study done by the sociologists from the University of Maryland was mainly intended to ______.
A. tell the difference between happy and unhappy people
B. prove the relationship between TV and depression
C. stress the importance of being socially active
D. provide a happy recipe(秘方)for all people

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